The calendar below lists the tentative course topics. The dates listed are subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.
As part of the course, there are several articles, papers and technical reports that you will need to read during the semester. Most of the articles themselves are accessible through the University of Minnesota library website. In order to access the full text of some of the articles, you will need to log in using your University x500 username and password. More detailed information, including references or links to specific readings, are linked under the day’s “Reading”.
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Reading
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Topic
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Script
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Sept. 06
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Welcome to EPsy 8251
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Unit 01: Introduction to Statistical Computing
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Sept. 11
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Introduction to R and RStudio
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Sept. 13
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Data Wrangling with dplyr
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Sept. 18
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Plotting with ggplot2
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Unit 02: Regression Basics
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Sept. 20
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Simple Linear Regression: Description
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Sept. 25
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Sept. 27
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Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Estimation
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Oct. 02
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Correlation (and Standardized Regression)
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Oct. 04
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Coefficient-Level Inference
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Oct. 09
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Oct. 11
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Model-Level Inference
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Oct. 16
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Oct. 18
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NO CLASS—Mental Health Day
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Unit 03: Deeper Understanding
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Oct. 23
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Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression
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Oct. 25
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Oct. 30
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Understanding Statistical Control
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Nov. 01
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Nov. 06
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Assumptions of the Regression Model
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Nov. 08
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Unit 04: Extending the Regression Model
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Nov. 13
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Dummy Coding Categorical Predictors
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Nov. 15
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Nov. 20
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Polychotomous Categorical Predictors
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Nov. 22
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NO CLASS—Mental Health Day
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Nov. 27
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Polychotomous Categorical Predictors
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Nov. 29
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Dec. 04
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Introduction to Interaction Effects
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Dec. 06
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Dec. 11
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More Interaction Effects
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Dec. 13
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